About block 950,956
Bitcoin block 950,956 was mined by SpiderPool on May 25, 2026 at 12:55 PM UTC, 13 min 29 s after block 950,955. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,875 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0225 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1475 BTC for this block.
Block 950,956 is number 1,421 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 595 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,044 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 71 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,594 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.